The world population is estimated to be 7.8 billion people on the first day of 2022, according to the United States Census Bureau.
That represents an increase of 74 million people, or a growth rate of 0.9% compared to New Year’s Day in 2021. By 2022, 4.3 births and two deaths are expected to occur every second, according to the Census Bureau.
Meanwhile, the United States grew by nearly 707,000 people in the past year, and the population is forecast to reach 332.4 million on the first day of 2022, according to the agency.
The Census Bureau estimate represents a 0.2% growth from New Year’s Day in 2021 to the same day in 2022.
By 2022, the United States is projected to grow by one person every 40 seconds for births, minus deaths, as well as net international migration. The United States is expected to experience one birth every nine seconds and one death every 11 seconds, as well as one more person from international migration every 130 seconds.
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